The Fair Share Report

2 Daniel St

Chatham, NJ 07461

The town corrects for market drift once a year — but only on average. This report measures whether this house drifted with the herd or away from it.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $834,758

Likely range $693,371 – $979,474, from 12 comparable Chatham sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,497 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

66.41%

The state's official measure of how far Chatham assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $834,758 home should be assessed near $554,363.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$429,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $124,963 below what the ratio math suggests (22.5%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Chatham home

$2.103 per $100 assessed

$1.370 Schools · 65% $0.330 County · 16% $0.403 Town · 19%

Step 5 · The bill

$9,035/yr
Public schools$5,886
Morris County$1,418
Town of Chatham$1,731
Chatham average$18,371

This home vs. every recent Chatham sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 58.0%
This home · 51.4%

38%82%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Chatham's normal band. The drift hasn't singled it out — no case for a tax appeal.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
647 FAIRMOUNT AVE2025-04$955,0001,61257.3%
38 MEYERSVILLE RD2026-03$705,0001,30863.9%
16 DALE DR2025-11$1,715,0001,80046.2%
43 STONEWYCK DR2025-09$1,075,0001,64362.4%
198 RIVEREDGE DR2026-03$850,0001,49952.4%
469 FAIRMOUNT AVE2026-04$791,0011,77872.8%
198 LAFAYETTE AVE2025-08$988,0001,96574.7%
104 TERRACE DR2025-06$610,0001,31767.3%
119 TERRACE DR2025-04$675,0001,31755.6%
20C HERITAGE DR2026-04$595,0001,46559.8%
144 RIVEREDGE DR2025-03$415,0001,39098.8%
16 MOUNTAINSIDE DR2025-03$1,220,0001,64048.7%

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